The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-15

with every grievance against the gen.
erai officers; I am not working for the
carrows who sit the fence and
never attack living ISSUE but wait until they
feel that some one else has killed their prey and
then pounce on its carcass, only to gorge them
selves with filth, create a stencil and drive all
decent birds away from their ill-smelng work
am working for the men and women of this
order who believe in its principles. and who hon
esily and feariessly work to put them in practice
Wouid not use such language as this did not
see the mean, malicious, false and cowardly at
tacks which, inspired By designing knaves
nave oeen made upon the general officers. l
would not stop in the work to make this ex-
PLANTATION had not the papers-published by
members of the order-stooped to be throwing
on DIRT and falsehood, In the doing of which
they violated their pledge of knighthood, as we'll
as every principle of honor and manhood.
Inc general executive board, under the reso-
luton passed at Richmond, made arrangements
TO purchase suitable headquarters for the
der. Ihey did not act hastily. but made careful
inquiry as to where property would be likely to
Sell me best, n case it became necessary to sell
again. The property of Mrs. Baird on Broad
street, PHILADELPHIA. was offered for sale. We
investigated carefully, and found that it was
nrst-claSs property and worth $50, 600. The
house, barn. ontbuildings and lot cost 81 Ia, 600
cash. BY discreet management it was obtained
for $40. O00 $4,000 less than the sum the general
assembly voted for the purchase of suitable
place. Since we removed the headquarters to
that building we have been offered SIC, COG more
than we gave for it by party and $l5, 900 by
another The charge made that the general ex
ecutlve board had squandered the funds of the
order IN reckless purchase of palace among
capitalists nabobs etc., is silly when 1t appears
In paper published in the interest of capital.
but when labor paper plays parrot and picks IN
such cry, and repeats it before ascertainng
whether 1t is true false. it becomes GRIM
lnal When a committee of workingmen
come to Philadelphia to-day they will
hSd welcome. and if they must wait until an
other committee transacts its business with the
general officers, they can sit down plush COW
cred chairs richly upholstered and very easy to
SIT In, and If there is class of men who can en-
JOY and ought To have a good, easy place to sit
down, 1t IS the working class.
The silly talk of workingmen wearing over
alls and erlmy faces at all times should be dis
couraged. Who has better right to enjoy the
good things of this earth than the man whose
hand and skill created these things? ] ask that
where an editor of paper who has published an
attack on the general executive board for the
purchase of the headquarters, belongs to the
order, he be allowed to appoint an investigating
committee to examine the Philadelphia prop
erty, and If he finds that have made mis-
statement he need not retract what he has pub
| lshed If he finds he was wrong, he must re-
tract or be expelled from the order The assem-
blles to which these men belong should act
promptly in the matter.
''lf the order does not want the property
which 1t commanded its general executive
board to purchase, a future board sell it and
realize more than your present board has paid
for It. Ia the meantime the landlord has ter
rors for your general officers. / have. for
once, taken up your time in responding to the
attack OF the malicious In conclusion. let me
say that my name and reputation worth
more to me than all the dollars that have flown
into the Golfers of the order, and when turn
my office over to my successor. / will do SO with
clean hands and In such way as to give salts
| faction to the honest men of the order. / ex-
pect my colleagues to do the same If | do not
happen to please the rascals who have gained
| admission to the order, will be we'll pleased.
do not want their good WILL and care nothing
| for their i'll will. That which would please
them most and that which they have requested
| of me through another association, would be my
resignation general master workman"